Design vs Art

Day 1 of school, first lecture of the semester..

Well, 0ne key concept that intrigued me is the difference between design and art covered in today's lecture.

While it was commonly known that design = art and vice versa, in actual fact a design involves more than mere artistic talent itself. It has more restrictions, a specific target audience and a message to be conveyed. Designers are tasked with problems by their clients, and challenged to use their artistic abilities to creatively solve the problem and mould the end-product suited to the liking of one's client.

On the other hand, a piece of art commonly involves a problem in which an artist comes up with and aim to solve or express the problem using one's creativity, almost without any limits in presentation and end product.

-Anyone can be an artist, but it takes more than art to be a true designer.